[LINK] saved from disaster by cell phone

[Jan Whitaker]

I remember we talked about the situation where the tourist didn't 
make it out of the Oregon mountains last year. These climbers did.
Jan

>>  A radio beacon not much bigger than a cell phone helped save three
>>  climbers stranded overnight in a whiteout on Mount Hood.
>
>And now a pat on the back for Bob (and his coworkers):
>
>"...researchers placed over one thousand phone calls using a variety 
>of Iridium and Globalstar satellite phones.
>
>"... 98.1 percent of calls on the Iridium handset and 36.2 percent 
>of calls on the Globalstar handset were successfully connected and 
>completed without being dropped during a three-minute period."
>
>We're still working on that pesky 1.9% (No, I'm not claiming credit 
>for the Mt. Hood rescue.)
>
>http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070221/daw052.html?.v=48




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